The company Radical Storage compiled a ranking of 48 European cities for solo travellers. The assessment used 11 criteria, including the cost of accommodation, food and transport, safety levels and the number of hostels.
Prague took first place: a day of travel there — including accommodation, food, local transport and entertainment — costs on average €134,33, and the city has one of the highest safety scores among the cities in the ranking. In second place is Kraków, where average daily expenses are around €87. Third place went to Istanbul; it has the cheapest hostel dorm-bed price in the ranking.
The bottom of the list was Zurich, with average daily expenses of €168,13; food and transport costs there are also among the highest. Reykjavík was second from bottom, and Venice came third from the end. The most expensive list also includes Aarhus in Denmark, Cologne and Frankfurt in Germany, Geneva in Switzerland, Nice and Marseille in France, and Dublin in Ireland.
In the ten lowest-ranked cities, average expenses are about €252 per day, whereas in the top ten this figure is roughly €153 — a difference of almost €100 per day. The ranking is based on a comparison of travel costs, safety indicators and tourist infrastructure.
